Most Americans support court ruling on gay marriage but not the one on the Voting Rights Act

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Jul 3, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Given the growing support among the American populace for same-sex marriage in recent years, it comes as no surprise that a new ABC/Washington Post poll shows majority favor for last week’s rulings on the matter by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The thing that surprised me the most in the poll was that on the question of voting rights, southerners were actually more opposed to the court’s decision (53 percent opposition) than the country as a whole (51 percent ...

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Pat Cunningham

Given the growing support among the American populace for same-sex marriage in recent years, it comes as no surprise that a new ABC/Washington Post poll shows majority favor for last week’s rulings on the matter by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The thing that surprised me the most in the poll was that on the question of voting rights, southerners were actually more opposed to the court’s decision (53 percent opposition) than the country as a whole (51 percent ...

Read more

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